Written in 2013 but I finally came across it in 2021. She wrote a great essay about her realization that women are underrepresented in true historical writings and the struggle to write stories that accurately represent women. Often women are written as props. That is the narrative that has been in place for a long time. Writers and readers continue to try to change the narrative.

Offered here:
Visual: https://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-chall......
Podcastle: https://podcastle.org/2014/07/15/podcastle-essay-always-fought-challenging-woman.....

Here is a fantasy short story that puts the thoughts from the essay into a fictional story well IMO, recommend!:
-- Makeisha in Time by Rachael K. Jones - 5*
- You can read it here: - https://crossedgenres.com/magazine/020-makeisha-in-time/ (first publication Crossed Genres magazine 8/14)
- or Listen to the amazing Stefan Rudnicki narrate it here (starts at 57:45): http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2015/12/09/starshipsofa-no-414-beth-cato-and-ra..... StarShipSofa
- or Listen here: https://podcastle.org/2015/01/06/podcastle-345-makeisha-in-time/ Podcastle narrated by K. Tempest Bradford ( )